SANCTIFICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION: “It’s holy because I do. Because I do it, it must be holy!”

The Apostate American Church

HOW WE GOT HERE

SANCTIFICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION

IF a Christian from the early 19th century were transported into most American churches in 2014, he would not recognize many of the rituals and practices taking place in the church.

In fact, there’s a good chance he would not recognize that he was in a Christian church at all. He might even run from the building thinking he had blundered into a meeting of a pagan cult instead of a meeting of believers on Jesus Christ.

Our 19th century Christian would we wondering “How did to this ever come about?”

How did the American churches come to incorporate so many practices from witchcraft, the occult, satanism, paganism and the mystery religions? Why are so many practices which were superseded by Jesus shedding His blood on Calvary back in style?

Why are so many rituals which are not in the Bible–or worse, which are not referred to in the Bible in a GOOD WAY–being used in what is being marketed as American Christianity?

How did this happen?

HOW IT HAPPENED

Before covering any of the specific non-Christian rituals and practices, it might be beneficial to take a look at HOW these practices became a regular part of so many American churches.

Some were introduced over time.

Some were justified by bad readings of Scripture or by wrenching one verse out of context to justify bringing it into the Church.

Others were introduced by a wolf who claimed to be a “man of God.” Because the people in the churches had little discernment, they largely went along with the crowd and the unholy practice gradually became a part of the church’s practice.

APOSTASY: WHAT APOSTASY IS

Believers should not be shocked or dismayed: Christians were warned of end times apostasy.

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”
—1 Timothy 4:1

Paul doesn’t say “In the end times, individuals will leave the church.” No, what Paul says is “some shall depart from the faith…”

Peter was even more outspoken.

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
—2 Peter 2:1

Apostasy is not individuals leaving the Church. Apostasy takes place when individuals who should leave REMAIN in the Church and corrupt it from within. Apostasy is what is left when worldly individuals remake their churches in their own worldly image.

This is not referring to the “great falling away.”

When the “falling away” of 2 Thessalonians 2:3 occurs, it will be marked by a rush of worldly people into the worldwide apostate whore Church. This falling away will look like a great revival to the ungodly apostates who control and inhabit the churches.

HOW APOSTATE RITUALS AND PRACTICES ARE JUSTIFIED

ALL of the ungodly rituals and practice in the churches benefited from a few apostate American assumptions. These assumption are used to bless many practices which are from the enemy.

Sanctification through participation – The idea apostates use that they would never do anything that wasn’t holy and proper and right. The feeling is “I am a good person and I would never do anything that wasn’t holy. Therefore what I am doing must be holy.”

Assuming what is not prohibited is permitted by God – Instead of searching God’s Word to find what God states is the proper way to worship a perfectly holy God, apostates operate on the principle: “Hey, the Bible doesn’t prohibit it, so it must be fine with God. God likes innovation! What’s the problem? I’m honoring God with my New Thing!”

The pleasing of the flesh equals the pleasing of God – Apostates point to “goosebumps” or other fleshy reactions as ‘proof’ that their rituals are godly. Some even characterize these emotional or bodily reactions as the “Holy Spirit” or proof that the Holy Spirit is “moving.”

Loyalty to a church is the same as loyalty to Jesus Christ – Because apostates view their undertakings, their congregation and even their building as holy, they easily confuse self-worship and praise of their church as praise of Jesus.

The approval of the world equals the approval of God – Because a roomful of apostates approves of a practice in no way indicates that God approves of it also. But, many churches are run by either hirelings, wolves or merchandisers. Other churches operate on “consensus”: if most of the rest of the apostates think it’s okay, it must be holy.

Although #2 is used almost universally in America, by far the most popular (at least in this writer’s experience) response used to justify pagan or occult practices in the apostate Church is a bit of circular reasoning: Sanctification through participation.

SANCTIFICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION

AMERICAN APOSTASY: IN THE HOUSE OF A GOD

This writer once engaged in a discussion with a church-goer over the practice of prayer circles.

When it was pointed out that there was no biblical support for joining hands and praying in a circle, the pew-sitter became uncomfortable.

“So what? The Bible doesn’t say not to do it.”

When it was pointed out that the practice was a fairly recent one in the Christian Church and had been common for centuries among pagans, witches, satanists and other occult groups, the man became very offended.

“Are you saying that praying in a circle is not godly?”

That was exactly what this writer had clearly said. The man’s justification for continuing in the practice in his church was that he would never do anything that was ungodly–to even hint at such a possibility was very offensive to him.

In other words: Sanctification through participation.

Prayer circles just had to be a holy practice because he participated in prayer circles.

Because he claimed he would never engage in anything that was not holy, what he did engage in was sanctified (“set apart for use by God”) by his very act of participation. Because he participated (and he would never do anything unholy), the practice was holy; the practice was holy because he participated in it.

This is basically the reasoning so many apostate American churches use to justify a host of unholy, ungodly or just plain worldly practices.

In the near future, each individual practice will merit a separate article. Prayer circles has already been covered.

And OPINION

===INTERNATIONAL

ISIS: ISIS getting some weapons and ammo meant for Syrian rebels – Since the “Syrian rebels” are a convenient fiction, a creation of the USA, it looks like the money approved for funding the “Syrian rebels” was meant for ISIS all along. This would be keeping with the mystery of iniquity’s policy of arming both sides in war. The US taxpayer is providing the weapons for the enemies of the USA in our next big war.

Crude Oil prices collapse – In a world which worked the way we were taught it works in school, this would mean that gasoline prices would hit the floor. Expect them to go down for a bit, but then, expect them to go through the roof.

Oh, and the Corporate Media and the government will have a reason why the prices are sky high.

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.”
—1 Timothy 4:1,3

Of course, the ones who bring it out into the open always have the same answer: “It’s just FUN, doncha know?”“Can’t you take a joke?” “Where’s your sense of humor?” “Don’t take thing so seriously?”“I’m just playing!”

What next became a topic of conversation was “Why aren’t more in the churches recognizing this? It’s not hard to see.”

The answer can be boiled down to a simple formula.

NO salvation = NO Holy Spirit = NO discernment

That there are millions of Americans walking around pretending to be born again Christians is tragic. Many truly believe they are born again. Some are pretending and know they are pretending. Others have more deceptive reasons.

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

THE GOSPEL

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
-–1 Corinthians 15:1-4 – (h/t:B)

===EARTHQUAKES/WEATHER/PESTILENCE

Michael Savage: If you like your Ebola, you can keep your Ebola – Michael Savage (real name: Michael Alan Weiner) is a card-carrying member of the Corporate Media. As such, he’ll say whatever words are scripted for him–and nothing else. Weiner/Savage is a verbal gofer, a mouthpiece–just as the Corporate Media itself is Satan’s Mouthpiece.

“How can the reader know when the Corporate Media is lying to him (never mind the fact that the media is Satan’s Mouthpiece and Satan is the father of lies)? One easy way to tell is the use of “Why” and “How” in the headlines of an article. When the reader sees “Why?” or “How?” in the headline–occasionally “What” is used–that which follows will be a fairy tale, a narrative, a bedtime story spun by the media for the benefit of the media’s master.” “Why” usually denotes an on-going narrative; “How” signifies a story line which explains past events. Not all narratives begin with “How” or “Why.” However, the most in-your-face, over-the-top ones usually do.

Time to enable two-step authentication on everything – IF one wants to use the Internet, one will have to pony up one’s personal info. The Internet corporations will get your personal info one way or another. Actually, it’s suspected they already have it. This bit of propaganda appeared in the Corporate Media, Tech Div.

SECRET HISTORY: Originally, secret histories were designed as non-fictional, revealing or claiming to reveal the truth behind the “spin”: one such example is the Secret History of the Mongols. Secret histories can range from standard historical revisionism with proper critical reexamination of historical facts to negative historical revisionism wherein facts are deliberately omitted, suppressed or distorted.

OCTOBER 15, 2014 On This Day
End Times Prophecy Report

Conspiracies, murder, secret societies, torture, assassination, war: What REALLY happened on this day in history? The stories behind the grand narrative we call “history” for October 15.

1529 – The Siege of Vienna ends as the Austrians rout the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of unchecked conquest throughout eastern and central Europe by the Ottoman Empire. This is the last time the Muslims are used as a threat to Europe until the 21st century.

From numerous paintings, ancient artifacts and writings, we know that the pre-flood civilizations not only mastered flight, but used it for warfare. Since all references to the flood of the Bible are forbidden in Big Education, Big Government or Big Media, every instance of ancient man recording his ascent into the atmosphere is greeted with “Gee, we don’t know why they drew (or wrote that). It’s a mystery!”

The pre-flood civilizations were, in some respects, more advanced than our present times–particularly in the carving, quarrying, milling and construction using large stones weighing over 30+ tons.

This contrasts with history and science’s attempts to portray the pre-flood civilizations as loin cloth-wearing primitives.

“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
—Genesis 6:5

1815 –Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. Before he lost at Waterloo, Napoleon is largely responsible for rearranging the map of Europe, both during his many wars and afterwards at the Congress of Vienna. One suspects this was his purpose all along.

1934 – The Soviet Republic of China collapses when Chiang Kai-shek‘s National Revolutionary Army successfully encircles Ruijin, forcing the fleeing Communists to begin the Long March. The war between the two sides is interrupted by World War II. It resumes after the end of the Second World War.

1969 – Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington DC and across the US. Over 2 million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in the nation’s capital. The demonstration is, like most civil protests, for show. The war drags on for another six years before ending.

2005 –A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.

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